Chapter 263: Table Tennis King Lee Kyung-joon (2)
There was a simple reason why Yoo Seol-ha agreed to this game so easily.
Was it just because of her competitive spirit?
No.
It was true that Yoo Seol-ha’s consistent victories and first-place finishes throughout her 18 years of life were partly due to her extraordinary talent.
However, the biggest reason was that she was very good at ‘seeing a path to victory.’
It was the discerning eye of a true granddaughter of the Seolha Group.
She could see through which company’s stock would soar and plummet, and that same insight was also valid in her current match against Kyung-joon.
Could she win against him?
If so, how should she play to win?
Yoo Seol-ha could judge and see through that path better than anyone else.
‘Even though he can make those superhuman movements, if I use this AR equipment properly……!’
Bzzt!
★Yoo Seol-ha player with a precise serve!
★Power Serve activated!
Thwack!
Charged with a spark effect, a powerful power serve bounced once on Yoo Seol-ha’s side of the court before hurtling like a bullet.
Whoosh!
The ping pong ball, like a raging wave, grazed right past Kyung-joon after hitting the opposite side of the court!
★Point scored by Yoo Seol-ha player!
★1 to 0!
It was Kyung-joon’s fault.
━S, -She scored a point against Kyung-joon!
━I thought Yoo Seol-ha didn’t play games at all?!
━I’ve been a regular at Seolha Park for almost a month now, and she pulls off a power serve on her first try…!
“Oh.”
Kyung-joon widened his eyes as if quite surprised.
“Hmph.”
Yoo Seol-ha brushed her wispy black hair back and said,
“It’s my serve again.”
In ping pong, the serve switches every two points.
Since they hadn’t reached two points yet, the next serve still belonged to Yoo Seol-ha.
“I know.”
Kyung-joon, already aware of the rule, briefly agreed.
Continuing to watch Yoo Seol-ha, who was testing out her stance, he asked,
“I didn’t know you were into games like this. Is this your first time?”
“It’s my first time with the Unlimited version.”
Yoo Seol-ha answered while still adjusting her stance.
Then she added,
“I’ve played the regular Ping Pong Festival, but I heard the Unlimited version is just better graphics and controls.”
“You’re unexpectedly a gamer.”
“Why are you acting like an amateur? Have you forgotten where you are?”
Seolha Park.
It was called Seolha Park, easily named after the Seolha Group.
And.
Just like the park, her name, Yoo Seol-ha, was also taken from the Seolha Group.
“Just because I’m called some legendary perfect girl or whatever, you’re sorely mistaken if you think I’m a nerd who only studies at a desk all day.”
That’s right.
Before she was the legendary perfect girl of Cheongshin High School, always ranking first.
She was the only granddaughter of the Seolha Group.
So, of course.
“Unlimited Ping Pong Festival AR, Return of the Deadly Soccer Skill: World Cup 2030, the authentic AR escape room game: Cursed Mountain Cabin… all of them are the crown jewels of Seolha Entertainment, a subsidiary of our Seolha Group.”
Just because she didn’t usually play games didn’t mean she didn’t know anything about them.
On the contrary, she had played prototypes of these games several times before their release.
Not only that, she had even given feedback and advice to the development team.
“Wouldn’t it be stranger if I, the granddaughter of the Seolha Group, didn’t know about these things?”
“That’s true. But why did you wear the equipment backward earlier?”
“Ugh……”
Yoo Seol-ha’s cheeks flushed slightly.
But soon, she returned to her usual self and honestly confessed.
“……I got confused because the version was different.”
Click.
Yoo Seol-ha began her serve like any other ordinary ping pong game.
Click. Click. Click.
Afterward, Kyung-joon also hit back normally, maintaining a rally.
“I see. So you didn’t forget.”
“Yes. I didn’t forget. I remember it all, okay?”
“I got it.”
“Ugh…”
Yoo Seol-ha gritted her teeth slightly, dissatisfied with Kyung-joon’s indifferent response.
And then soon.
She used that frustration as fuel and swung the paddle with all her might.
“……Then try and block this!”
The position of her feet.
The way she rotated her waist.
The posture of her hand.
All of these things synchronized perfectly.
Ziiiing!
The AR equipment she was wearing throughout her body began to make a noise as if something was being activated.
Whooong!
At the same time, a powerful tornado effect was created around her.
★Yoo Seol-ha player activated!
★Under Drive! Tornado Dragon Spin!
Boooom!
The shape of a storm dragon was superimposed on the ball and its trajectory as it hurtled through the air.
Although Kyung-joon recognized it was just CG and tried to receive the ball normally.
Kuwaaaa!
After hitting the court, the storm dragon suddenly changed its course abnormally and soared skyward.
━T, That’s the 777 combo skill that requires a perfect 17-degree, 37-degree, 57-degree angle of the foot, waist, and hand! Tornado Dragon Spin?!
━I, I can’t believe I’m seeing this here…
━A, Amazing… This is my first time seeing this live… I’ve only ever seen it on YouTube…
Thud. Thud.
In the end, the ball that soared into the sky landed behind Kyung-joon, disappearing with a crashing effect!
★Point scored by Yoo Seol-ha player!
★2 to 0!
“In the old version I used to play, it was just about putting a precise under spin to make the ball bounce upwards, but it’s changed like this.”
“Crazy. This isn’t ping pong.”
Kyung-joon let out a chuckle, dumbfounded.
In response, Yoo Seol-ha shrugged her shoulders with a triumphant look.
“It is ping pong. Unlimited Ping Pong Festival AR.”
The reason why the word Unlimited was added to the previous version of Ping Pong Festival.
It was precisely because of the 『Under Drive! Tornado Dragon Spin!』 that Yoo Seol-ha had just shown.
“I know it’s ping pong, but it’s too unrealistic.”
“That’s what makes it more fun, right? Being unrealistic. Now, it’s your serve.”
With a total of 2 points scored, the serve went over to Kyung-joon, but the air of victory was still on Yoo Seol-ha’s side.
‘This AR equipment is getting in the way.’
The equipment was interfering with Kyung-joon’s free movements.
Even if he wanted to draw up mana and move his body freely, he couldn’t do so because of the AR equipment he was wearing all over his body.
As Kyung-joon awkwardly moved his body, fiddling with the equipment with a troubled look on his face, Yoo Seol-ha seemed to notice something and smirked.
“You’re not going to back out now, are you? Saying you want to do something else after suggesting this in the first place?”
“No way. I like it even better this way. This way, when you lose, you won’t say things like 『Thinking about it now, wasn’t the match too disadvantageous for me? So, it’s void.』”
Kyung-joon provoked her despite being on the receiving end.
“……We’ll see if you can still say that after you lose.”
“Aren’t those words you can only say if you can win? Surely you don’t think you can beat me with just the power serve and the dragon thing you showed me, do you?”
Click!
Kyung-joon served!
The ball curved slightly to the left as if he had put a spin on it.
“Hmph! Such empty boasts!”
Cha-aaak! Thwack!
However, Yoo Seol-ha quickly moved with a spark effect and immediately returned the ball.
Click! Click! Thwack!
Thus began another fiery rally between the two.
🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷
Whew~
Kyung-joon missed Yoo Seol-ha’s shot again.
★Point scored by Yoo Seol-ha player!
★9 to 0!
“Huff…… Huff……”
Kyung-joon was gasping for breath as if he had just sprinted.
“Ugh……”
Stagger.
Kyung-joon momentarily stumbled as if he were experiencing dizziness.
Drip, drip.
Sweat was pouring down his body like rain.
On the other hand, Yoo Seol-ha was fine except for a slight sheen of sweat on her forehead.
“……Why are you so exhausted when you haven’t even done anything? I’m the one who scored the points.”
“Huff…… Huff……”
“If you’re tired, why don’t you just give up?”
Kyung-joon shook his head instead of answering and didn’t say anything more.
Because it was something she wouldn’t understand even if he told her, and something he shouldn’t tell her yet.
Yoo Seol-ha should have noticed something here.
Clearly, the AR equipment was supposed to allow even someone with no stamina to enjoy ping pong like a professional.
Why was Kyung-joon so exhausted when he had done nothing but react defensively, without even using a single skill like her?
Instead of being intoxicated by the joy of victory, she should have been suspicious of this first.
Surely.
No one in the world would understand Kyung-joon’s current state.
And if there was one,
<Master. Mana deployment complete. Now the interior of the arena is filled with Master’s mana.>
It would probably be Teemo.
No one else but Kyung-joon could sense mana, so no one else noticed.
But.
Billowing.
The arena was already filled with Kyung-joon’s mana, as if they had entered a blue haze.
<With this much mana deployed, there should be no problem deploying Unique skill 『Deterministic Worldview』 for about 5 minutes.>
<It must be tough for you, Master, with a body that’s only 3% of your original self in the game.>
<^오^>
<Also, I have analyzed Yoo Seol-ha’s attack patterns and skills and engraved them into your mana core, Master. You should be able to predict the trajectory with an accuracy rate of almost 99%.>
“Good. I’m getting the hang of moving now.”
Kyung-joon, nodding at Teemo’s explanation, took his stance.
“Getting the hang of it?”
Unaware of Teemo’s existence, Yoo Seol-ha thought he was talking to her.
Kyung-joon grinned.
“This AR equipment was uncomfortable, but now I think I’m getting the hang of how to move.”
“Stop bluffing and just admit defeat, why don’t you? You haven’t used a single skill so far. It’s obvious who’s going to win even if we continue.”
“Tsk, tsk, tsk.”
Kyung-joon clicked his tongue and shook his head.
“I can beat you without using those childish skills like Tornado Dragon whatever and Space Teleportation Smash.”
“Yeah, right.”
Yoo Seol-ha no longer took Kyung-joon’s provocation as a provocation.
“Then let’s finish this quickly.”
She tossed the ball upward to end this boring game quickly.
And the moment the ball reached the desired position,
“Ha!”
She twisted her wrist and served strongly!
★Yoo Seol-ha player with a precise serve!
★Spin added!
★Power Spin Serve activated!
Vwoooom!
Using her side of the court as a springboard, the ping pong ball shot towards Kyung-joon as if to engulf him!
At that moment.
“Huh…?”
Yoo Seol-ha saw it.
Kyung-joon already swinging his paddle.
‘He swung without even looking at the ball…?’
By the time she had that thought, it was already…
Clang!
★Counter!
★Kyung-joon player with a perfect counter!
Whew!
The ball whizzed past Yoo Seol-ha’s ear!
★Point scored by Kyung-joon player!
★9 to 1!
━A c, -counter! I’ve never seen such a perfect counter before!
━I, I saw it… Kyung-joon, he… was already swinging his racket the moment Yoo Seol-ha hit the ball…
━What?! You mean he moved before he even saw the ball coming?!
“W, What……?”
Yoo Seol-ha couldn’t understand what had just happened.
★Kyung-joon player’s turn to serve!
A new ping pong ball was generated in Kyung-joon’s left hand.
Tossing and catching, tossing and catching the ball,
Kyung-joon said to Yoo Seol-ha provocatively,
“Hurry up and get in position. You’re going to be busy if you want to score 10 more points in 5 minutes.”
It was the moment when the tide of victory completely turned.
🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷
Clang!
★Point scored by Kyung-joon player!
★9 to 2!
Clang!
Clang!
★Point scored by Kyung-joon player!
★9 to 4!
Whew!
Vwoom!
Clang!
Thwack!
★Point scored by Kyung-joon player!
★9 to 8!
Click! Click!
★Point scored by Kyung-joon player!
★9 to 10!
★Final Rally!
★If Yoo Seol-ha scores, the game enters a deuce!
9 to 10.
If Yoo Seol-ha scores 1 point to make it 10 to 10, the match will enter a deuce, turning into a long game.
However.
★Kyung-joon player’s turn to serve!
Kyung-joon had already blocked even that one in a million chance.
“Last serve, okay?”
“……”
“Coming at you?”
“……”
Yoo Seol-ha’s eyes were already out of focus.
She was in position, but her whole body exuded an aura of defeat, making her look completely unthreatening.
But.
Even if his opponent was a flat soda, Kyung-joon was a sincere and exemplary student who always gave his best in everything!
<Master. Calculation complete. If you hit with the angle and power I send to your mana core, you will achieve a perfect victory without a single variable.>
“Okay.”
<The name of the skill to decorate the finale… 『The World’s Greatest Cheeky Shot』. I like it.>
“The World’s Greatest Cheeky Shot!”
Thwack!
Kyung-joon served.
It was a very ordinary serve, neither too strong nor too weak.
However.
The direction the ball bounced was strange.
No, rather than bouncing…
Whew~
It was more appropriate to say that it soared upwards.
“Ugh…!”
Yoo Seol-ha was caught off guard by the sudden weak attack after a series of strong attacks and counters!
She tried to react to the descending ball, taking her stance and predicting where it would land.
But it was no use.
“Don’t tell me he called it a cheeky shot because…”
Whew~
The ball was coming down.
Its direction was the center of the table, where the net was.
To be precise.
It was 1mm in front of the net, on Yoo Seol-ha’s side of the court.
“Y, You, you, you cheeky b@stard!”
Yoo Seol-ha ran towards her side of the court, stretching out her hand.
But it was too late.
And her arm was too short.
Tok~
The ping pong ball landed 1mm in front of the net.
It was Yoo Seol-ha’s side of the court.
Eventually.
★Point scored by Kyung-joon player!
★9 to 11!
★Kyung-joon player wins!
The game ended with Kyung-joon’s victory.
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